Errand : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Errand	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
errand n a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Errand \Er"rand\, n. [OE. erende, erande, message, business, AS. [91]rende, [91]rend; akin to OS. arundi, OHG. arunti, Icel. eyrendi, [94]rendi, erendi, Sw. [84]rende, Dan. [91]rende; perh. akin to AS. earu swift, Icel. [94]rr, and to L. oriri to rise, E. orient.] A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere. I have a secret errand to thee, O king. --Judg. iii. 19. I will not eat till I have told mine errand. --Gen. xxiv. 33.